@Emmacox Dandelion wine is a good thing :)
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Chris Lott
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Curator, connector, collector, poet, epistolary enthusiast, armchair etymologist, snail mail devotee, editor, publisher, occasional radio voice, ally to overlooked and underused punctuation marks, learner. Still an Alaskan at heart.
A #poem: "The Drowning Man Dreams of Different Deaths" → https://fncll.org/the-drowning-man-dreams-of-different-deaths/
The Drowning Man Dreams of Different Deaths
Toppling from a tightropestretched between your bare knees Last fallen man in a dance contest Jumping from a plane wearing abackpack instead of a parachutedying, as they say, of laughter Stomach so stuffed with sweetsthe witch can barely cram youinto her glowing oven Of thirst, mouth too dry to form words So quickly from the...
Girl on the NetOh also final point, I promise! My Grandad understood something that I think is a big part of my own philosophy too: that people are made up of two things - atoms and stories. When your atoms break down, what's left is stories.
My Grandad wrote his memoirs and sent them to all his grandchildren. We'll pass them down to the next generation, and that way everyone gets to hear about his amazing life and his love for Granny.
Tell your stories. They're precious.
Wyrd by WordSent out the 100th #poem to the Daily(ish) Poem list today, with a fitting entry by Elizabeth Alexander. "Poetry / is where we are ourselves [...] are we not of interest to each other?" → https://dailyish-poem.wyrdbyword.xyz/ #poem #mailinglist
James Dickey: An Appreciation (1997) → https://fncll.org/james-dickey-an-appreciation/ #poetry
Hours of testimony about the Oxford #Comma, committee strife, a ruling, and Vampire Weekend. The Seattle Council finally gets something done... → https://archive.ph/j3Ezz #OxfordComma #grammar
The time draws near when it will be too late to ever be of someplace else. Or has it already?
Speaking of #Gatsby, this confluence is fascinating:
- Florence Welch's #Broadway musical: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/florence-welch-great-gatsby-musical-1234684283/
- Another Broadway musical produced by Chunsoo Shim: https://gatsbyonbroadway.com/
- The Immersive Gatsby - https://www.immersivegatsby.com/
